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Are You Ready?

Working in the Bio-economy

Transfer your skills

Online Readiness Modules

BioSynergy: Sharpen your team interactions

BioSkills Recognition Program Pilot

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Working in the Bio-economy

For information on careers in Canada’s biotechnology industry (also known as the bio-economy) please check out the Find your career section for information such as the Bio-economy Career Profiles, Bio-economy Skills Profiles, Bio-economy Cluster Map, Bio-economy Eco-systems Map and other labour market information.

Transfer your skills

Your experience can lead to a fulfilling career in the bio-economy. Whether you are a medical laboratory professional or have a background in manufacturing, engineering, laboratory research, IT, product development or many other professions, your skills have a place in the field of biotechnology, where you’ll have the chance to:

• Work in a field that offers competitive salaries, good hours and the opportunity to develop and advance professionally
• Contribute to the development of solutions that make a real difference in people’s lives
• Gain practical experience in a Canadian work environment
• Use your skills and acquire new ones
• Make valuable connections and network with biotechnology professionals
• Gain exposure to new disciplines and occupations
• Contribute to an important, growing part of the Canadian economy
• Deliver groundbreaking innovations to the world

Whether you are pursuing your professional certification or looking for new career opportunities, the bio-economy offers great benefits—the chance to use your skills and earn a living doing so. However, experience in the biotechnology field will not necessarily help you earn your certification or licensure in your current profession.

Online Readiness Modules

A career in Canada’s biotechnology sector can be exciting and rewarding. Before working in the Canadian bio-economy is it important to gauge if you are ready.

To succeed, you need the right skills. BioTalent Canada’s online Readiness Modules help you gauge certain required skills to determine your readiness to work in a typical Canadian biotechnology environment.

Through practical scenarios, you will determine your skills readiness and gain a better understanding of where you need to strengthen your skills and improve your prospects for success – before entering the biotechnology workforce.

Registering for these Readiness Modules is fast and easy via our online and secure registration system!

• BioSmarts - Gauge your Critical Thinking Skills 
  (formerly the Essential Skills Readiness Critical Thinking Module)

• BioDocuments - Gauge your understanding of Document Use 
  (formerly the Essential Skills Readiness Document Use Module) 

• BioLanguage - Gauge your BioWorkplace Language Skills 
  (formerly the Language Readiness Module)

• BioWorkplace - Gauge your understanding of the workplace environment 
  (formerly the Workplace Readiness Module)

BioSynergy: Sharpen your team interactions - New

For new graduates, international educated professionals (IEPs) and other job seekers, integrating into a Canadian biotechnology work environment can involve overcoming barriers. Through the 'Skills Development at Work' project, BioTalent Canada has created the BioSynergy program to assist with this integration into the workplace. 

BioSkills Recognition Program Pilot - New

The BioSkills Recognition Program is an industry-led program that was developed to create the ability for anyone entering the bio-economy workforce such as new graduates, international educated professionals (IEPs) and other job seekers to have their skills recognized and to be connected with employers in an efficient and reliable fashion.